Knicks swingman Smith ejected for elbow

Summary of 7 articles · Updated Apr 28, 2013

New York Knicks swingman J.R. Smith was ejected in the fourth quarter of the Knicks' win against Boston on Friday after hitting Terry in the face with an elbow. New York can clinch its first playoff series victory since 2000 with a Game 4 win in Boston on… (more) Sunday.New York Knicks swingman J.R. Smith was assessed a flagrant foul 2 and ejected after delivering an elbow to Celtics guard Jason Terry during a 90-76 Game 3 win on Friday night in Boston. The incident, for which Smith was assessed a Flagrant Foul Two and ejected, occurred with 7:06 remaining in the fourth quarter of New York's 90-76 win over Boston last night, at the TD Garden. With a little more than seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and New York leading 78-59, Smith appeared to intentionally swing his right elbow into Terry’s head and neck area in an attempt to create space so that he could operate on the perimeter. The NBA will review the play to determine whether the league’s Sixth Man of the Year merits additional discipline in the form of a suspension for Sunday’s potential Game 4 clincher.

Knicks' Smith suspended for elbow to Terry

New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith has been suspended for Game 4 of the Knicks-Boston Celtics playoff series for throwing an elbow that struck the chin of Boston's Jason Terry in Game 3, the NBA announced on Saturday night.

Knicks' Smith suspended one game for throwing elbow

New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith has been suspended one game without pay for throwing an elbow and striking the chin of Boston Celtics guard Jason Terry, it was announced Saturday by Stu Jackson, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.

J.R. Smith ejected in 4th for elbow on Jason Terry

J.R. may face ban in Boston for Game 4

J.R. Smith ran straight off the court and up the runway leading to the Knicks’ locker room, quite possibly making his final appearance on the famed parquet floor of TD Garden in this first-round series.

NBA bans J.R. for elbow as Knicks take aim at clinch

If the Knicks are to sweep the Boston Celtics on Sunday, they’ll have to do it without J.R. Smith. The Knicks’ newly minted Sixth Man of the Year was suspended for Game 4 in Boston by the NBA late Saturday for elbowing the Celtics’ Jason Terry in th